Control of Ports

Exploring Ports

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Well known services use specific ports so they don't conflict.

Port assignments can be changed for web server or to hide well known services.

By exploring what ports are open on a system we can figure what software are running.

  • For each port number, a process can listen using TCP and or UPD.

  • A process can control more than one port.

  • A port can only be used by one process at a time

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